It’s not always about winning.
At Ingham’s Country Cup Carnival on the weekend, a team of Proserpine Junior Cricketers were chasing victory, but instead of going for the win and putting their best players at the top of the batting order, Club Captain Darcy Milne picked with his heart.
Coach Mark Valmadre said the 16-year-old captain saw one player in his team that maybe wasn’t at the high or elite level of others in the squad, and decided it was more important than the win to give him a fair go.
“He rotated the batting and bowling of his team so that everyone got equal play,” Mr Valmadre said.
“We watched this player grow in confidence over the two days and really enjoy his weekend.”
During the course of the Carnival, Darcy had seen one of his players sitting in the chair by himself and not talking to anyone, which was when he realised his teammate wasn’t feeling confident.
“So what I did was I put him up the order in batting - at number three and four so he could get a really good go,” Darcy said.
“When he got out, I went over and said congratulations and gave him positivity. I was giving him two overs every game and trying to encourage him to bowl better. Then, off the field, there was a lot of positivity, too.”
Why did he do it when the win was so close? Because “that’s what makes a good captain.”
“It’s not always about winning,” Darcy said.
“You should help people out as much as you can and all that. That’s really it.”
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